Rochefort Trappistes 8

Brewed by Brasserie Rochefort
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Rochefort, Belgium

Pours dark brown with a 3 finger head. This beer looks good. Aroma is bready, pears & other fruit. Taste is fruity, bready, chocolate. & very smooth. The alcohol is hidden well & silky smooth. I want more to age.

33cl bottle, dark brown with creamy beige head, strong aroma of dark chocolate, licorice and fruits (plum, peach), roasted notes, spiced flavor, medium body, finish with spices and some alcohol, not as expected but really complex

From Firefly. Poured out a very dark brown beneath a creamy beige head, perhaps two fingers thick. Aroma was spiced and also featured some darker fruits, perhaps raisins or plums, hence the resulting sweetness to the taste. Mouthfeel was solid and smooth, and nearly too sweet at the finish.

nose of yeast and some pit fruits, raisins specifically. appearance is dark brown and nearly opaque. flavor is of hops and alcohol that sizzle and dance on my liips and palate. a burn starts then fades quickly to a smooth end that is not dry. high ABV for an ’8’ but comes across as it should on that arbitrary scale. a mellow beer that comes in like a lion and out like a lamb, world class.

Bottle at the Beer Engine. Pours a dark, murky brown, with a thin white head. Loses appearance points for containing gross-looking wheat flakes (which are tasteless, though). Fantastic taste though. Very dark and complex. Hard to describe, but thoroughly recommended.

Amber / light brown color, solid off white head with nice flowery smell - Very nice malty taste, fuity taste from hops, the high alcohol level very nice hidden - very nice and complex beer with a long lasting aftertaste

.33l bottle bought in Luxembourg City. Poured very dark brown with hints of red. Off white head was huge but left quickly. No lacing was a minus but the vast amount of sediment was a plus. Very cool. You can smell a ton of spices and alcohol. Flavor of alcohol was strong but the spices and grapefruit feel was nice. Great beer. I can’t wait to have the R10 later today.

Bottle at the Beer Engine. Pours thin murky river color. Off white head. Pale IPA flavor. Really strange and soooo different from the 10.